ever equaled or bettered Lyman Frimodig's exploit of having earned a total of 10 varsity awards during his MAC career ... By that measure alone, through the years many have considered 'Frim' the greatest to have ever worn the Green and White. Escanaba and military service After graduating from the college in 1917, Frimodig returned to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan where he coached and was principal at Escanaba High School. His work there was interrupted by the United States' entry into World War I, as Frimodig served in the military. Coach and administrator at Michigan State After being discharged from the military in 1919, Frimodig was hired as the freshman football coach at Michigan Agricultural College. He was the school's head basketball coach for two seasons (1920–1922), compiling a 24–20 record. He remained employed by the school for 41 years as a professor of health and physical education, assistant athletic director, ticket sales manager, and athletic department business manager. He also served four years from 1933 to 1937 as the mayor of East Lansing. Frimodig also helped organize and manage Michigan's first state high school basketball tournaments, as well as state high school swimming and track and field meets held on the Michigan State campus. Charles E. Forsythe, the state high school athletic director who worked with Frimodig in organizing the state's first high school basketball tournament, recalled, "We actually had to give tickets away to get it going." Frimodig retired from Michigan State on 1 July 1960. In May 1960, he was honored with a "Friends of Frim" banquet at the Kellogg Center in East Lansing. An Associated Press story on the banquet noted: "The turnout of nearly 500 friends for the Frimodig testimonial proved again that sports people are hard to match when it comes to loyalty and sentiment. Tangible proof was presentation of a check for $3,000 to the guest of honor." Later years and death After retiring from Michigan State, Frimodig remained in East Lansing and continued his lifelong affiliation with Michigan State athletics. In 1971, he co-authored "Spartan Saga: A History of Michigan State Athletics." Proceeds from the book were donated to the Ralph H. Young Scholarship Fund to extend financial aid to athletes. Frimodig continued to hold the title of professor emeritus until his death in 1972. Posthumous honors Frimodig was posthumously inducted into the Upper Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame in March